"Eldon's Ring of Law" is officially released, and I believe that all the faded people have arrived at the junction and begun to explore. Because this game is based on the "Dark Souls" series, the integration of the elements of "Bloodborne Curse" and "Only Wolves" to make a new work, inheriting the characteristics of the high difficulty that has always been high, new friends may feel a little uncomfortable when they first get started, so I have compiled some useful knowledge points for adventure here, hoping to help everyone better through the initial stage.
Note: The following key descriptions are based on the default keys of the PS5 version
Make good use of the new system to defend against counterattacks
Defensive counterattack is a new combat system added to the "Eldon's Law Ring", after raising the shield to defend against the enemy attack, pressing R2 (charge attack button), it will launch a highly tough counterattack, and many human miscellaneous soldiers can directly make it enter the assassinationable state, basically this set is seconds.
Defensive counterattack operation simple and high payoff, if you prefer to use shields please use this trick more. However, it should be noted that the defensive counterattack occurs more slowly, and it is easy to be interrupted if used between enemy combos, so before using it, you must see the enemy's moves first, and then fight back after the initial attack. In addition, the defense counterattack also needs a good shield (material defense 100), otherwise the defense will also lose physical strength, here I personally recommend to take the [big turtle shell], please see the following article.
caper
Jumping is not only essential in exploration, but also has a lot of use scenarios in combat. First of all, the jump attack is tough on the enemy, and there are many flying enemies in The Eldon's Ring of Law, and the jump attack can directly knock them down. In addition, many bosses in the game will use range attacks such as earthquakes or lower attacks, and launching jump attacks at the right time will get more output opportunities, which is much more flexible than pulling defense, please use more.
Charge hard
After long pressing the charge attack button, you can make a charge heavy hit, sharpen high and easy to cause the enemy to be hard and straight, and the humanoid miscellaneous soldier will directly enter the assassination state after being hit. But this move to charge a long time, coupled with the frequency of enemy attacks in this game is very ghostly, in many cases did not use it to be the opposite side of the first hand, so this move please use caution.
sneak
Pressing L3 can crouch down, the breath is weakened and it is not easy to be found by the enemy, if there is a shelter such as grass in the scene, the effect is better, and you can walk behind the enemy to backstabb.
Stealth effects that used to be achieved using stealth magic similar to stealth magic in soul works in the past can now be used at any time. But also because of the addition of stealth, this scene has more enemies than the player's current level, such as the heavy armor knights on the main roads in Stonewell City, and there are more fierce furnace knights underground, when encountering such enemies, it is recommended to sneak around, of course, players who are confident in their own operation can also face it.
Ride attacks
After riding the spirit horse, you can ride the attack on the horse, at first you may feel uncomfortable, after getting used to it, you will find that ordinary enemies basically can't fight back under this high-mobility attack method, but also be careful of enemies who are also riding horses.
It is worth mentioning that some wild bosses on the big map, such as dragons, night knights, etc. are specially designed for horse warfare, and many of the moves of such enemies are designed to be difficult to avoid without riding a horse, and everyone may wish to try more horse warfare when fighting on the large map.
Note that horseback riding is not allowed inside the castle dungeon.
Initially, we recommend building ideas
This game has 10 kinds of initial classes to choose from, but the class here actually depends mainly on the initial value and the initial weapon, in theory, no matter which class can be freely cultivated according to everyone's own preferences, here is recommended a building that I myself am currently using more conveniently, only for the reference of new players, and you are welcome to share your initial construction ideas in the comments.
Construction instructions
Occupation: Samurai
Weapon: Strike Knife (Initial Weapon)
Shield: Large turtle shell
Talisman: Curved Sword Talisman
Ashes: Blood Slash
Ashes: Jellyfish
The rest of the location is casual
I chose samurai to start with the main purpose of bringing my own initial weapon [fighting knife]. This weapon comes with a "bleeding effect", and the various human-type enemies including the boss in this game are weak bleeding, and it can be stacked with a large damage by cutting a few sets, hitting the boss will be very efficient, and the combat technique that comes with the knife is also very good.
Shield I chose is [Big Turtle Shell], this shield physical damage reduction of 100, with combat skills can increase the strength of defense, although it is a medium shield, but can play the effect of the big shield, can comfortably carry out defensive counterattack. Therefore, the talisman I also chose the [Qu Sword Talisman] to strengthen the defense counterattack.
War Ash I highly recommend to take the [Blood Chop] early, this combat skill will consume the amount of blood to release a bleeding attribute of the "Undead Chop", the damage is super high and basically ignores the resistance, the toughness is also very high, when encountering the boss who can't cut it, you can take out this trick to skip class, but pay attention to the use of this trick to always pay attention to your own health.
Summoner I chose jellyfish. Although the jellyfish itself has little desire to attack, its blood is very thick, and the single attack is extremely tough, and it has a poisoning effect. When the boss presses us to fight, the jellyfish can often interrupt the boss attack and attract hatred with a single shot, acting as a "tank" that increases the timing of our output.
Practical explanation
Usually encounter mobs, if you want to fight safely, you can play defensive counterattack with a shield, and the humanoid enemy can directly hit the hard straight after execution, which is basically white.
Encounter a boss battle, put a jellyfish in the door first, wait for the boss to be attracted by the jellyfish hatred to go up and slash two knives, when the hatred is transferred to us, then pull the shield to observe, wait for the anti-reaction time, the hatred is pulled by the jellyfish to repeat the above process, several rounds down the BOSS bleeding groove also exploded. When the boss has little health left, you can double-arm the knife and look for opportunities to use the combat technique [Juhe], and you can kill it with a few clicks.
I used this configuration all the way to the second large area, and basically could easily handle all kinds of battles.
Add some suggestions
Samurai's initial energy bar is very long, the battle is definitely enough, but the corresponding amount of health is low, considering that we will frequently use self-harming blood slashes, so it is recommended that the initial main point life, the secondary point dexterity, and the additional 14 points of strength to pick up the turtle shell, please also give priority to the good points. Although this set of structures does not consume much blue, it is still possible to empty blue with frequent blood slashes, so if you have spare energy, don't forget to add some blue.
The above equipment/item locations
Fighting Knife: Samurai comes with the opening
Big Turtle Shell: Near the southern city of Moen in Nymgfu, there is an updraft next to the bonfire-Moen city (south of the city wall), and jump up the tower through the airflow, in front of you.
Talisman of the Qu Sword: Ningmu gfu main line Stonewell City, choose the route to enter from the side of the main entrance, the process to get the key in the dark room.
Blood Slash: Nim Gfour Western Hyde Fortress, enter the fortress to the top and get it after defeating the elite enemies.
Jellyfish: Obtained by talking to NPCs inside the Broken House of Bonfire-Storm Hill before Nymgford Stoneville City.
Other initial practical tips
1. The opening relics are recommended [Stone Sword Key] X2. There are many fog doors in Eldon's Ring that need to be opened through the stone sword key, although some can be found during the exploration, but it is always good to get the items early. Choosing [Golden Seed] is also good, there is absolutely no harm in adding a bottle of recovery medicine, and golden seeds will find a lot in exploration, don't worry about missing it if you don't take it.
2. Remember to open the map during the adventure, there will be guidance on some blessings, and follow along to reach the main line. However, due to the high difficulty of the main line of this game, if you only follow the blessing of the main line, it will be very difficult to fight, or it is recommended to go to the big map to explore more when you have time, improve your ability and then come back to advance the main line.
3. Follow the blessings, find Melina and obtain the Spirit Horse, teleport back to [Aire Church], you can see the witch Rena, from which you can get the Summoning Bell and ashes. Then, at certain locations (where there is a white tombstone sign in the lower left corner), the corresponding soul can be summoned by using the ashes.
Summons are different according to different types of functions, which is very helpful for combat, such as the "Three Dogs Slaughter God Array", which used to be quite annoying enemy configuration, after summoning wolf souls, it becomes a melee of equal strength; for example, jellyfish can effectively attract boss hatred and create output opportunities for us. In short, if you want to reduce the difficulty of the game, you must use more. In addition, if you find that you cannot summon a soul when you encounter an enemy on the large map, you can also choose to lead the enemy to the area where you can summon and kill it.
4. There are nomadic merchants in many places on the map, they will sell a lot of useful items, recommend preferential purchase of intelligence, so that players can know the useful information on the big map. In addition, remember to buy a [torch] from the merchant of the Ere Church, because many dungeons in this game are very dark, and there are torches in hand so that you will not panic.
5. The number of levels that can be upgraded by weapons and equipment in this game is very large, and it is recommended to upgrade more. In addition to collecting in the wild, you can also go to the dungeon [Nymgford Tunnel] to brush, there are a lot of [Forged Stone (1)] on the wall here, but note that the enemies here are more physically resistant, you can collect the forged stones before solving the enemies.
6. The church on the map can get [Holy Grail Dew Drop], use it in the Blessing Place to increase the recovery of the Holy Grail Bottle, after upgrading a few levels, a bottle of medicine can return to full strength, it is strongly recommended to go to these locations to increase the amount of recovery, and then challenge the difficult battle.
7. After opening the map, you will see some black areas that do not open the map, after entering these areas and then opening the map, you will find a small inscription sign, you can get the map fragments here, and then you can unlock the map of this area.
8. Riding on a horse can be unaffected by terrain, such as swamps, poisonous pools and other annoying terrain, as long as you ride in the immediate can be quickly traveled, in the wild exploration will be much easier, please be sure to use more.
The above is my "Eldon's Ring of Law" early start-up recommendations and tips, I hope to help the faded people who have just stepped into the junction, and welcome players to share their initial career choices and add ideas in the comments, and embark on the road to the King of Eldon together.